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Table 1 CT clinical indications

From: Diagnostic Reference Levels based on clinical indications in computed tomography: a literature review

Anatomical area

Clinical indication

Head: nci 6

Acute stroke

Haemorrhage/aneurysms/arteriovenous malformations

Metastases/cerebral abscess

Trauma

Cholesteatoma

Sinusitis

Cervical (spine and neck): nci 3

Fracture

Disk pathology

Adenopathy/abscesses

Chest: nci 5

Lung cancer

Interstitial lung disease

Pulmonary embolism

Coronaries (CTC angiography)

Coronaries (calcium scoring)

Abdomen: nci 6

Liver metastases

Abscess

Kidney stones/colic

Kidney tumour/colic

Acute abdomen

Pancreas adenocarcinoma

Abdomen-pelvis: nci 5

Abscess/lymphadenopathy

Virtual colonoscopy (polyps/tumour)

Abdominal aorta angiography

Colic

Occlusion

Chest-abdomen-pelvis: nci 3

Tumour

Infectious

Oncologic follow-up